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      What Do You Know About Migraine Headaches?

      Many households in the United States have someone who suffers from migraine headaches, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of migraines.

      1. Who is most likely to have migraines?
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      The reason isn't known, but researchers suspect that hormones may be involved.
      2. What is a common trigger of migraines?
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      Keep track of your migraines, and write down the things that seem to cause them. Other triggers can include tiredness and weather changes. Food triggers often contain tyramine. This is an amino acid that is linked with migraines. Cheese, onions, and acidic foods are common triggers. Other triggers may include loud noise, bright light, and lack of sleep. Avoiding triggers may reduce your chances of getting a migraine.
      3. More than half of migraine sufferers have something in common. What is it?
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      Scientists believe factors that are inherited make it more likely for people to have migraines.
      4. Every person who has migraines has certain symptoms hours or days before the headache starts.
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      Not every person who gets migraines has early symptoms. But those who do may have a change in mood, hyperactivity, sluggishness, tiredness, change in appetite, or nausea.
      5. No medicines can help once a migraine has started.
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      Abortive medicines can be prescribed by your healthcare provider. They act on specific receptors in both the brain and the blood vessels in the head. This can stop a headache after it starts.
      6. Although migraines vary, what's one of the most identifiable symptoms of this kind of headache?
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      Some people have pain that involves the entire head. But most people complain of pain on one side or the other. Not all people have nausea or auras, although these are both common symptoms. An aura is a change in vision or in how you are feeling that warns that a headache is coming.
      7. What's one type of aura that migraine sufferers have?
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      An aura sometimes occurs before pain begins. If you take medicine right away, you may stop the migraine.
      8. Which of these is a medicine to help prevent migraines?
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      Calcium channel blockers, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines, and hormones are other medicines to prevent migraines. If your migraines don’t happen often, you may take medicine only when needed. Your healthcare provider will choose the best therapy for you.
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